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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

यदाहुः परमं तत्त्वं यदाहुर्ब्रह्मसत्तमम् । स्वसंवेद्यं यदाहुश्च तत्तत्रांते दिशाम्यहम्

Transliteration

yadāhuḥ paramaṃ tattvaṃ yadāhurbrahmasattamam | svasaṃvedyaṃ yadāhuśca tattatrāṃte diśāmyaham

Translation

彼らが至上の実在と呼ぶもの、最勝のブラフマン（Brahman）と呼ぶもの、そして自己により直証されると説くもの——それを、われは彼処にて、その究竟の終わりに顕わす。

Word by Word
यत्which/that (what)
यत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular); सम्बन्ध-प्रत्यय (relative)
आहुःthey call/say
आहुः:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअह् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम् (they have said/they say)
परमम्supreme
परमम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपरम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular); विशेषण (qualifying तत्त्वम्)
तत्त्वम्principle/reality
तत्त्वम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)
यत्which/that
यत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular); सम्बन्ध-प्रत्यय
आहुःthey call
आहुः:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअह् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्
ब्रह्मसत्तमम्the most excellent Brahman
ब्रह्मसत्तमम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ब्रह्मणः सत्तमम् = the best/most excellent Brahman)
स्वसंवेद्यम्self-cognizable
स्वसंवेद्यम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्व + संवेद्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √विद्/संविद्)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular); कृदन्त (यत्-प्रत्यय/gerundive: ‘to be known’), तत्पुरुषः (स्वेन संवेद्यम् = self-cognizable)
यत्which
यत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)
आहुःthey call
आहुः:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअह् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
तत्that
तत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular); अन्वय-निर्देश (correlative)
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)
अन्तेat the end/within (that place)
अन्ते:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Locative, Singular)
दिशामिI bestow/point out
दिशामि:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदिश् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Nominative, Singular)
Speaker

Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (culmination point of realization)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrims/seekers within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa narrative frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A contemplative scene in Kāśī: a sage seated near a shrine/ghāṭ, the city’s sacred skyline behind, with an inner light symbolizing self-revealing Brahman.

Characters & Entities
B
Brahman
P
Paramatattva
K
Kāśī (implied)

FAQs

The highest truth is not merely conceptual; it is self-evident realization, and Kāśī is praised as the place where it is disclosed.

Kāśī is implied as the sacred locus where the supreme truth is revealed, though no single tīrtha-name is stated in this verse.

No explicit ritual is prescribed; the emphasis is on jñāna—direct inner realization of Brahman.

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